Webster's Dictionary, 1913

Map noun [ From French mappe , in mappemonde map of the world, from Latin mappa napkin, signal cloth; -- a Punic word. Confer Apron , Napkin , Nappe .] 1. A representation of the surface of the earth, or of some portion of it, showing the relative position of the parts represented; -- usually on a flat surface. Also, such a representation of the celestial sphere, or of some part of it. » There are five principal kinds of projection used in making maps: the orthographic , the stereographic , the globuar , the conical , and the cylindrical , or Mercator's projection . See Projection . 2. Anything which represents graphically a succession of events, states, or acts; as, an historical map .

Map transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Mapped ; present participle & verbal noun Mapping .] To represent by a map; -- often with out ; as, to survey and map , or map out , a county . Hence, figuratively: To represent or indicate systematically and clearly; to sketch; to plan; as, to map , or map out , a journey; to map out business.

I am near to the place where they should meet, if Pisanio have mapped it truly.

Shak.

Mapach noun [ Mexican.] The raccoon.

Maple noun [ Anglo-Saxon mapolder , mapulder , mapol ; akin to Icelandic möpurr ; confer Old High German mazzaltra , mazzoltra , German massholder .] (Botany) A tree of the genus Acer , including about fifty species. A. saccharinum is the rock maple, or sugar maple, from the sap of which sugar is made, in the United States, in great quantities, by evaporation; the red or swamp maple is A. rubrum ; the silver maple, A. dasycarpum , having fruit wooly when young; the striped maple, A. Pennsylvanium , called also moosewood . The common maple of Europe is A. campestre , the sycamore maple is A. Pseudo-platanus , and the Norway maple is A. platanoides . » Maple is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, maple tree, maple leaf, etc.

Bird's-eye maple ,

Curled maple , varieties of the wood of the rock maple, in which a beautiful lustrous grain is produced by the sinuous course of the fibers. --

Maple honey ,

Maple molasses , or

Maple sirup , maple sap boiled to the consistency of molasses. --

Maple sugar , sugar obtained from the sap of the sugar maple by evaporation.

Maplike adjective Having or consisting of lines resembling a map; as, the maplike figures in which certain lichens grow.

Mara noun [ Icelandic mara nightmare, an ogress. See Nightmare .] (Norse Myth.) A female demon who torments people in sleep by crouching on their chests or stomachs, or by causing terrifying visions.

Mara noun (Zoology) The Patagonian cavy ( Dolichotis Patagonicus ).

Marabou noun [ French] 1. (Zoology) A large stork of the genus Leptoptilos (formerly Ciconia ), esp. the African species ( Latin crumenifer ), which furnishes plumes worn as ornaments. The Asiatic species ( Latin dubius , or Latin argala ) is the adjutant. See Adjutant . [ Written also marabu .] 2. One having five eighths negro blood; the offspring of a mulatto and a griffe. [ Louisiana] Bartlett.

Marabou noun A kind of thrown raw silk, nearly white naturally, but capable of being dyed without scouring; also, a thin fabric made from it, as for scarfs, which resembles the feathers of the marabou in delicacy, -- whence the name.

Marai noun A sacred inclosure or temple; -- so called by the islanders of the Pacific Ocean.

Maranatha noun [ Aramaic māran athā .] "Our Lord cometh;" -- an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, "May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes." See Anathema maranatha , under Anathema .

Maranta noun [ New Latin ] (Botany) A genus of endogenous plants found in tropical America, and some species also in India. They have tuberous roots containing a large amount of starch, and from one species ( Maranta arundinacea ) arrowroot is obtained. Many kinds are cultivated for ornament.

Maraschino noun [ Italian , from marasca , amarasca , a sour cherry, Latin amarus bitter.] A liqueur distilled from fermented cherry juice, and flavored with the pit of a variety of cherry which grows in Dalmatia.

Marasmus noun [ New Latin , from Greek ... , from ..., to quench, as fire; pass., to die away.] (Medicine) A wasting of flesh without fever or apparent disease; a kind of consumption; atrophy; phthisis.

Pining atrophy, Marasmus , and wide-wasting pestilence.

Milton.

Marasmus senilis [ Latin ], progressive atrophy of the aged.

Marathi, Mahratta noun A Sanskritic language of western India, probably descended from the Maharastri Prakrit, spoken by the Marathas and neighboring peoples. It has an abundant literature dating from the 13th century. It has a book alphabet nearly the same as Devanagari and a cursive script translation between the Devanagari and the Gujarati.

Marauder noun [ From Maraud , v. : confer French maraudeur .] A rover in quest of booty or plunder; a plunderer; one who pillages. De Quincey.

Maravedi noun [ Spanish maravedí ; -- so called from the Morābitīn (lit., the steadfast), an Arabian dynasty which reigned in Africa and Spain. Confer Marabout .] (Numis.) A small copper coin of Spain, equal to three mils American money, less than a farthing sterling. Also, an ancient Spanish gold coin.

Marble (mär"b'l) noun [ Middle English marbel , marbre , French marbre , Latin marmor , from Greek ma`rmaros , from marmai`rein to sparkle, flash. Confer Marmoreal .] 1. A massive, compact limestone; a variety of calcite, capable of being polished and used for architectural and ornamental purposes. The color varies from white to black, being sometimes yellow, red, and green, and frequently beautifully veined or clouded. The name is also given to other rocks of like use and appearance, as serpentine or verd antique marble, and less properly to polished porphyry, granite, etc. »

Statuary marble is a pure, white, fine-grained kind, including Parian (from Paros) and Carrara marble. If coarsely granular it is called saccharoidal . 2. A thing made of, or resembling, marble, as a work of art, or record, in marble; or, in the plural, a collection of such works; as, the Arundel or Arundelian marbles ; the Elgin marbles . 3. A little ball of marble, or of some other hard substance, used as a plaything by children; or, in the plural, a child's game played with marbles. » Marble is also much used in self-explaining compounds; when used figuratively in compounds it commonly means, hard, cold, destitute of compassion or feeling; as, marble- breasted, marble- faced, marble- hearted.

Marbler noun 1. One who works upon marble or other stone. [ R.] Fuller. 2. One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.

Marbling noun 1. The art or practice of variegating in color, in imitation of marble. 2. An intermixture of fat and lean in meat, giving it a marbled appearance. 3. plural (Zoology) Distinct markings resembling the variegations of marble, as on birds and insects.

Marbly adjective Containing, or resembling, marble.

Marbrinus noun [ Late Latin , from Old French & French marble marble. See Marble .] A cloth woven so as to imitate the appearance of marble; -- much used in the 15th and 16th centuries. Beck (Draper's Dict.).

Marc noun [ French] The refuse matter which remains after the pressure of fruit, particularly of grapes.

Marc noun [ Anglo-Saxon marc ; akin to German mark , Icelandic mörk , perhaps akin to English mark a sign. √106, 273.] [ Written also mark .] 1. A weight of various commodities, esp. of gold and silver, used in different European countries. In France and Holland it was equal to eight ounces. 2. A coin formerly current in England and Scotland, equal to thirteen shillings and four pence. 3. A German coin and money of account. See Mark .

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